Bagrichthys vaillantii

Bagrichthys vaillantii is one of species of bagrid catfish in the genus Bagrichthys. This fish is endemic to Indonesia where it is found in the Mahakam River basin in eastern Borneo.

Bagrichthys vaillantii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Bagrichthys
Species:
B. vaillantii
Binomial name
Bagrichthys vaillantii
(Popta, 1906)

The fish is named in honor of Léon Vaillant (1834-1914) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. He described this species in 1902 but had used a preoccupied name so it had to be renamed.[1]


References

  1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families RITIDAE, AILIIDAE, HORABAGRIDAE and BAGRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2021.


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